(ふんじん)

ふんじん
noun
furious energy; great vigor
1. furious energy; great vigor (in action)
Energetic, all-out effort in action. Rarely used alone; appears almost exclusively in the four-character idiom 獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん) (charging like a lion).
獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)活躍(かつやく)()せた。
He performed with lion-like energy.
(かれ)試合(しあい)後半(こうはん)獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)(いきお)いでゴールを()めた。
He scored a goal with furious energy in the second half of the match.
()()(まえ)彼女(かのじょ)獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)(はたら)きで資料(しりょう)仕上(しあ)げた。
Before the deadline, she finished the materials with the furious energy of a charging lion.

Almost never appears alone — learn it as part of 獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん) (charging like a lion), a four-character idiom (四字熟語(よじじゅくご)) praising someone for working or fighting with overwhelming intensity. Used in sports commentary, news headlines, and admiring descriptions of someone's effort.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)活躍(かつやく): a lion-like performance
  • 獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)(いきお)い: lion-like momentum
  • 獅子(しし)奮迅(ふんじん)(はたら)き: lion-like effort/work

Formal/literary register; less common in casual conversation than in writing.